This week's document for transcription is the 1891 will of Abby Seaver (1816-1891) of Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois in the Jackson County, Illinois probate case files.
* Jackson County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, No. 2155-2181, Case 2175, image 1389 of 1998:
* Jackson County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, No. 2155-2181, Case 2175, image 1390 of 1998:
* Jackson County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, No. 2155-2181, Case 2175, image 1391 of 1998:
The transcription of this document is:
The Last Will and Testament
Of Abby Seaver of the
City of Carbondale in the County
of Jackson and State of Illinois made and
published the 17th day of September in the year
of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninty One.
In the Name of God Amen:
I, Abby Seaver of the City
of Carbondale in the County of Jackson
and State of Illinois of the age of 75 years,
and being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish
and declare this my Last Will and Testament, in manner following,
that is to say:
First -- it is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid.
Second -- I give and bequeath to my beloved
daughter Mary A. Stewart all
of my personal property and
money which I may have
at the time of my death.
Third I Give and devise to
my beloved daughter Mary
A. Stewart the following
described Real Estate to wit
Commencing at a point in Center
of Walnut Street in a line with
West line of Lot Five hundred and
Thirty Five in Brewsters 2nd addition
to City of Carbondale & extended
South and running thence North
wardly with West line of said
Lot 535 to the South east Corner
of Leanard Lot 338 feet more or less
Thence West parallel with Walnut
Streeet to the south West Corner of
Leanard Lot 139 1/4 feet Thence with
West line of Leanard Lot parallel
With West line of Lot 534 Brewsters
2nd Addition 338 feet More or less
to South line of Main Street Thence
with South line of Main Street
runing West 279 3/4 feet More
of less to North West Corner of
Mrs Seavers original Lot Thence
South parallel with West line
of Lots 534 & 535 - in Brewsters
2nd Addition ten and 25/100
chains to Middle of Walnut
Street & extended West Thence
east with Middle of Walnut
Street 118 feet Thence North
parallel with West line Lot 535
107 feet thence east 18 feet thence
south 16 feet Thence East 18 feet
Thence south 91 feet to Center
line of Walnut Street and
extended West and Thece
East with Center line of
said Walnut Street to begining
point situated in Jackson
County State of Illinois
and described in a Warranty
deed from Mary A Stewart
and Husband and accorded
in Book 24 of deeds as
page 455 in Jackson
County records &c
Fourth I giv& bequeath
to my beloved Son Horace
L. Seaver One dollar.
Fifth it is my Will that
my executrix shall not
be required to fill any
bond as such Executrix.
Lastly -- I hereby nominate and appoint Mary A
Stewart
to be the Executor of this my Last Will and estament, hereby revoking all former
Wills by me made.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the 17th
dauy of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Ninty One.
Abby Seaver {seal}
The above Instrument consisting of (2) sheets, was now hee
subscribed by Abby Seaver the Testator, in the
presence of each of us; and was at the ame tiem declared by her to be
her Last Will and Testament, and we, at her request, sign our names
hereto in her presence as attesting witnesses.
George G. Stock of Carbondale Ill
Ruth Stock of Carbondale Ill
Jemima Menzies of Carbondale Ill
The source citation for this judgment is:
Jackson County Probate Court, Illinois, Abby Seaver will (images 1389-1391 of 1998), written 17 September 1891, proved 2 November 1891; imaged, "Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probates, 1772-1999," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2024); "Jackson > Probate Estate Case Files 2155-2181, Paul Suberbee -- Cc Smith,1894-1892" > Case 2175, estate file of Abby Seaver (images 1387 to 1409 of 1998); Original data is from Illinois County, District and Probate Courts filmed by FamilySearch.
This petition is a Derivative Source (because it is a court clerk's handwritten record), Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the will of Abby Seaver, deceased, of Carbondale, Illinois in the Jackson County, Illinois probate court, which defines the real estate and personal property and lists the heirs-at-law of the deceased.
Abby Carver (1816-1891) was born 26 August 1816 in Taunton, Massachusetts, the daughter of James A. and Mary (Hall) Carver. She died 6 October 1891 in Carbondale, Illinois. Abby married Nathaniel Leonard Seaver (1809-1880), the son of Nathan B. and Rebecca (Leonard) Sever, on 3 March 1839 in Taunton, Massachusetts. They had four children:
* Charles Seaver (1841-1864).
* Horace Leonard Seaver (1848-1916), married 1878 Luella Robinson (1860-1922).
* Mary A. Seaver (1850-1932), married 1887 George Stewart (1828-1892).
* Anna B. Seaver (1865-1945), married Edgar Edward Angell (1866-1936).
The will mentions daughter Mary A. (Seaver) Stewart and son Horace L. Seaver, but not daughter Anna (Seaver) Angell; Anna may have left Illinois for California before Abby's death.
Nathaniel Leonard Seaver (1809-1880) is my 5th cousin 5 times removed, with common Seaver ancestor of my 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683).
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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
Read other transcriptions of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.
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